Winter Storm in Oregon, January 4, 1998

Name: Winter Storm in Oregon, January 4, 1998
Start: 1998-01-04T00:00
End: 1998-01-04T20:00
Location: Oregon

January 4, 1998 · NWS PDT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 1
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Lower Columbia Basin

When: January 4, 12:00 AM PST to 8:00 PM PST
Where: Lower Columbia Basin forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect

A 49 year old man was killed around 4 pm Sunday near Shaniko. The car he was driving was hit by a pickup that lost control on the the icy road. The man's 10 year old daughter was taken to a hospital with facial injuries. The driver of the pickup was not injured. A winter storm left as much as three inches of snow in north central Oregon on Sunday, January 4.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Winter Storm, Lower Columbia Basin	1998-01-04	49	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Direct

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Oregon in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Oregon, January 1998

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5659983.